WWOOF Italia
Social promotion association has been established to coordinate the WWOOF movement in Italy and create networking relationships in the field of agroecology and biodiversity.
As of today, WWOOF Italy has a membership base of about 1,000 hosts, 8,000 WWOOFers and about 10 ordinary members who join WWOOF Italy to actively participate in initiatives but also in the coordination or management of association activities.
We also have a small number of underage members who give a fresh energy imprint to a movement that invests in a better future through the dissemination of biodiverse and agroecological knowledge and practices.
The activities of our Association are governed by the Statute and Internal Rules and are approved by members during the Annual General Meeting, which mandates the Board of Directors To implement its guidelines. The Arbitrators monitor the work of the Board and the Association to verify its responsiveness to social goals and objectives, and resolve any appeals by members.
In the Territory, relational networks among members are animated by the group of Coordinators who spend their time in welcoming new hosts and organizing local meetings or assisting Members in resolving any problems.
The daily liaison work between Members, Coordination and Council is carried out by the Staff.
Group of coordinators WWOOF Italy
The Coordination of WWOOF Italy
Local Coordinators actively participate in the life of the association and meet periodically to share their experiences regarding welcoming new Hosts and WWOOFers and organizing initiatives and projects in the area.Here you will find an indicative map of referrers who might be interested in your area. If you would like to contact them, you can write to staff@wwoof.it to receive their contact information.
WWOOF, a spontaneous worldwide network
WWOOF began in the early 1970s in the United Kingdom when a lady named Sue Coppard founded the first WWOOF group.
“I feel that WWOOF chose me as its conduit: a secretary from London with no rural friends or family, but yearning for the countryside. WWOOF originally stood for Working Weekends On Organic Farms (today it has the meaning of World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms). I quickly put an ad in London’s Time Out magazine, and that’s where the first fifteen applications started.”
WWOOF has grown into a worldwide network today of about 15,000 hosts in more than 130 countries and hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. WWOOF farms offer food, shelter and education to WWOOFers who come to help out. In fact, WWOOF hosts share their homes, food, knowledge and daily life with all people who want to help with farm activities.
WWOOF is a worldwide movement that connects visitors and rural nature projects by promoting educational experiences to build a global community aware of ecological agricultural practices.
Traveling members, or WWOOFers, share daily rural life with the host and learn sustainable farming techniques by spending about half the day helping on the farm.
“When I first thought of WWOOF in 1971, I had not the faintest idea that it would one day become a well-established worldwide network with members in so many countries traveling all over the world! But WWOOF meets the needs of so many people that it had to happen.”
Sue Coppard
